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\name{COMPILE}
\alias{COMPILE}
\title{Compile Files for Use with R}
\description{
  Compile given source files so that they can subsequently be collected
  into a shared library using \command{R CMD SHLIB} and be loaded into R
  using \code{dyn.load()}.
}
\usage{
\special{R CMD COMPILE [options] srcfiles}
}
\arguments{
  \item{srcfiles}{A list of the names of source files to be compiled.
    Currently, C, C++, Objective C, Objective C++ and FORTRAN are
    supported; the corresponding files should have the extensions
    \file{.c}, \file{.cc} (or \file{.cpp} or \file{.C}), \file{.m},
    \file{.mm} (or \file{.M}) and \file{.f}, respectively.}
  \item{options}{A list of compile-relevant settings, such as special
    values for \code{CFLAGS} or \code{FFLAGS}, or for obtaining
    information about usage and version of the utility.}
}
\details{
  Note that Ratfor is not supported.  If you have Ratfor source code,
  you need to convert it to FORTRAN.  On many Solaris systems mixing
  Ratfor and FORTRAN code will work.

  Objective C and Objective C++ support is optional and will work only
  if the corresponding compilers were available at R configure time.
}
\note{
  Some binary distributions of \R have \code{COMPILE} in a separate
  bundle, e.g. an \code{R-devel} RPM.
}
\seealso{
  \code{\link{SHLIB}},
  \code{\link{dyn.load}};
  the section on \dQuote{Customizing compilation under Unix} in
  \dQuote{R Administration and Installation}
  (see the \file{doc/manual} subdirectory of the \R source tree).  
}
\keyword{utilities}
